Our Genealogy Helper
Introduction ...
We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:
- That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
- We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
- On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.
By learning about Georges Creek (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.
As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Georges Creek. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Name Variations for Georges Creek ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
- A typical abbreviation for Georges Creek: Georges Crk. (or less commonly used: Georges Ck. or Georges Cr.)
- While the name of this community is Georges Creek, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Georges Creek may originally have been George's Creek.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Georges Creek might be written as George Creek.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Georges Creek. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Georges Creek.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the west contained birth and death records; the county to the north contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Georges Creek is located in Allegany County.
To see how the shape of Maryland's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Allegany County: Garrett, Washington, Bedford (PA), Fulton (PA), Somerset (PA), Hampshire (WV), Mineral (WV) & Morgan (WV).
Below are the counties that are near Georges Creek. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Georges Creek:
- Allegany County (The home county of Georges Creek)
- The following are listed by their distance from Georges Creek, with the one closest to Georges Creek listed first.
- Barrelville
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Barrelville is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrelville
- Mount Savage
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Corriganville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Corriganville is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corriganville
- Mount Savage Junction
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- La Vale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Zihlman
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Zihlman is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zihlman
- Ellerslie
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Ellerslie is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellerslie
- Clarysville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Clarysville is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarysville
- Eckhart Mines
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Eckhart Mines is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eckhart Mines
- Frostburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Loarville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Loarville is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loarville
- Cumberland
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Garrett County
- The following are listed by their distance from Georges Creek, with the one closest to Georges Creek listed first.
- Avilton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Avilton is located in Garrett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avilton
- Grantsville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Bloomington
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Bloomington is located in Garrett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomington
- Bittinger
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Swanton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Accident
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Kitzmiller
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- McHenry
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Altamont
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Altamont is located in Garrett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altamont
- Friendsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Washington County
- Pearre
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Pearre is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearre
- Bedford County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Georges Creek, with the one closest to Georges Creek listed first.
- Cooks Mills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cooks Mills is located in Bedford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooks Mills
- Stringtown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Stringtown is located in Bedford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stringtown
- Hyndman
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Beans Cove
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Beans Cove is located in Bedford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beans Cove
- Kegg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Kegg is located in Bedford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kegg
- Rainsburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Rainsburg is located in Bedford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rainsburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 128 people
- Manns Choice
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Charlesville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Charlesville is located in Bedford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlesville
- Schellsburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Purcell
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Purcell is located in Bedford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purcell
- Bedford
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Ott Town
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Ott Town is located in Bedford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ott Town
- Somerset County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Georges Creek, with the one closest to Georges Creek listed first.
- Wellersburg
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Wellersburg is located in Somerset County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellersburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 169 people
- Callimont
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Callimont is located in Somerset County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Callimont
- Population from the 2020 Census: 38 people
- Wittenberg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Wittenberg is located in Somerset County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wittenberg
- Fairhope
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Johnsburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Glade City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Glade City is located in Somerset County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glade City
- Hays Mill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hays Mill is located in Somerset County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hays Mill
- Meyersdale
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- West Meyersdale
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- West Meyersdale is located in Somerset County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Meyersdale
- Boynton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Boynton is located in Somerset County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boynton
- Salisbury
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Coal Run
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Coal Run is located in Somerset County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Run
- Hampshire County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Georges Creek, with the one closest to Georges Creek listed first.
- Donaldson
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Donaldson is located in Hampshire County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donaldson
- Springfield
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Ritters
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Ritters is located in Hampshire County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ritters
- Wapocomo
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Wapocomo is located in Hampshire County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wapocomo
- Okonoko
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Okonoko is located in Hampshire County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Okonoko
- Vance
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Vance is located in Hampshire County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vance
- Points
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Points is located in Hampshire County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Points
- Three Churches
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Three Churches is located in Hampshire County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Churches
- Romney
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Romney is located in Hampshire County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Romney
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,680 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Romney <2>
- Higginsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Higginsville is located in Hampshire County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Higginsville
- Junction
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Junction is located in Hampshire County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junction
- Slanesville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Slanesville is located in Hampshire County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slanesville
- Mineral County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Georges Creek, with the one closest to Georges Creek listed first.
- Carpendale
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Carpendale is located in Mineral County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carpendale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 900 people
- Ridgeley
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Wiley Ford
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Short Gap
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Short Gap is located in Mineral County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Short Gap
- Fort Ashby
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Piedmont
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Keyser
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Headsville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Headsville is located in Mineral County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Headsville
- Windom ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Windom is located in Mineral County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windom
- New Creek
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Shaw
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Shaw is located in Mineral County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaw
- Burlington
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Morgan County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Georges Creek, with the one closest to Georges Creek listed first.
- Hansrote
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Hansrote is located in Morgan County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hansrote
- Magnolia
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Magnolia is located in Morgan County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
- Paw Paw
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Doe Gully
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Doe Gully is located in Morgan County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doe Gully
- Orleans Cross Roads
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Orleans Cross Roads is located in Morgan County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orleans Cross Roads
- Woodmont
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Woodmont is located in Morgan County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodmont
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Georges Creek, see our County-by-County Page for Georges Creek.
Cemeteries Near Georges Creek ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Georges Creek.
This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.
Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Georges Creek - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Georges Creek covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Georges Creek, with the one closest to Georges Creek listed first.
- Old Coney Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Rose Meadow Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Restlawn Memorial Gardens
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Percy Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Frostburg Memorial Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- St.s Peter & Paul Catholic Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St.s Peter & Paul Catholic Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St.s Peter & Paul Catholic Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the west of Cumberland.
- The St.s Peter & Paul Catholic Cemetery has also been known as:
- St.s Peter & Paul Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #81612 <4>
- Finzel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Loar Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Rose Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Rose Hill Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the west of Cumberland.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #81438 <4>
- St. Patricks Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Porter Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (223 more) ...
- Warner Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Emmanuel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Neff Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
Nearby Communities in 1895 ...
We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<6>
While we didn't find Georges Creek in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Georges Creek.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Georges Creek, with the one closest to Georges Creek listed first.
- Barrelville
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Barrelville is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrelville
- Mount Savage
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Morantown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Morantown is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morantown
- Wellersburg
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Wellersburg is located in Somerset County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellersburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 169 people
- Mount Savage Junction
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Corriganville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Corriganville is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corriganville
- Kreigbaum
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Kreigbaum is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kreigbaum
- Frostburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Eckhart Mines
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Eckhart Mines is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eckhart Mines
- Clarysville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Clarysville is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarysville
- Ellerslie
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Ellerslie is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellerslie
- State Line
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- State Line is located in Bedford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for State Line
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Ridgeley
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Cumberland
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Borden Shaft
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Borden Shaft is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borden Shaft
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Georges Creek. See our List of 1890's Communities around Georges Creek.
Newspapers Published in Georges Creek ...
An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).
To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.
Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 77 newspapers that have been published in the area around Georges Creek.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Georges Creek, there are papers which were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Georges Creek.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Georges Creek:
- Websites specific to Maryland
- Pages specific to Allegany County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Garrett County
- Washington County
- Bedford County
- Somerset County
- Hampshire County
- Mineral County
- Morgan County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Maryland
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Georges Creek) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com. |
| <5> | The Maryland Historical Trust (MHT) has created and maintains a database of historic properties that is called MIHP (for the Maryland Inventory of Historic Properties). More information about the MHT and MIHP can be found on their website: mht.maryland.gov. |
| <6> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Georges Creek, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |